Operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force have arrested no fewer than 20 suspects for hacking the 2025 Computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
It was gathered that the arrest was carried out in Abuja on Friday.
The security operatives explained that the arrested suspects are part of a syndicate believed to have over 100 persons, who specialise in hacking the computer servers of examination bodies like JAMB and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
It was gathered that the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB and discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
The entire hacking process was to influence high scores for special candidates who paid between ₦700,000 and ₦2 million.
It was gathered that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.
The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, had also rejected allegations of bias or ethnic favouritism in the handling of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.
He had said this while speaking to journalists during a stakeholders’ meeting to address the challenges faced in the conduct of the 2025 UTME in Abuja.
